Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Esther Jones, known by her stage name \"Baby Esther\", was an African-American singer and entertainer of the late 1920s, known for her \"baby\" singing style. She performed regularly at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Theatrical manager Lou Walton testified during the Fleischer v. Kane trial that Helen Kane saw Baby Esther's cabaret act in 1928 with him and appropriated Jones' style of singing, changing the interpolated words \"boo-boo-boo\" and \"doo-doo-doo\" to \"boop-boop-a-doop\" in a recording of \"I Wanna Be Loved By You\". Kane never publicly admitted this. Jones' style, as imitated by Kane, went on to become the inspiration for the voice of the cartoon character Betty Boop.When Kane attempted to sue Fleischer Studios for using her persona, the studios defended themselves by arguing that Kane herself had taken it from \"Baby Esther\" Jones. An early test sound film of Baby Esther's performance was used as evidence. In court, it was presumed that Jones had since died."@en }
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- Baby_Esther abstract "Esther Jones, known by her stage name \"Baby Esther\", was an African-American singer and entertainer of the late 1920s, known for her \"baby\" singing style. She performed regularly at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Theatrical manager Lou Walton testified during the Fleischer v. Kane trial that Helen Kane saw Baby Esther's cabaret act in 1928 with him and appropriated Jones' style of singing, changing the interpolated words \"boo-boo-boo\" and \"doo-doo-doo\" to \"boop-boop-a-doop\" in a recording of \"I Wanna Be Loved By You\". Kane never publicly admitted this. Jones' style, as imitated by Kane, went on to become the inspiration for the voice of the cartoon character Betty Boop.When Kane attempted to sue Fleischer Studios for using her persona, the studios defended themselves by arguing that Kane herself had taken it from \"Baby Esther\" Jones. An early test sound film of Baby Esther's performance was used as evidence. In court, it was presumed that Jones had since died.".